SCIF

(Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) A Department of Defense (DOD) term for a secure room or datacenter that foils electronic surveillance and suppresses data leakage. An SCIF includes the use of passive methods such as a room enclosed in a tightly sealed metal shield (Faraday cage) and active methods (jamming).

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SCIF may refer to:

In intelligence agencies in the United States:

• Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (pronounced "skiff"), a special facility for handling Sensitive Compartmented Information

In workers' compensation law in the United States:

• California's State Compensation Insurance Fund, the nation's largest government-run workers' compensation insurance company;
• The State Compensation Insurance Fund of Colorado, which was dissolved in 1985.

In Canada:

• There is a Strategic Community Investment Fund on Prince Edward Island

In sport:

• SCIF Kyiv, a Ukrainian football club

In Hunting:

• Safari Club International Foundation, a charitable arm of Safari Club International

In Electronics:

• Serial Communication Interface with FIFO.

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